A new lens on America’s past
History Refocused: Race correction in medicine has pitted students against their teachers, caught the attention of Congress and led to a lawsuit…
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A new lens on America’s past
Cassie Spodak, Channon Hodge and Margaret Dawson, CNN These are the surprising and personal stories, lost and hidden in America’s past, hosted…
Continue Reading Hunters are swarming the Florida Everglades for the annual python challenge. The state says it’s vital to save the ecosystem
By Sara Smart, CNN Deer, raccoons, possums and fox once flocked the area of the Everglades National Park in south Florida. Nowadays, you’re…
Continue Reading Jury finds pharmacy did not discriminate against woman when refusing to fill ‘morning-after pill’ prescription
By Rebekah Riess and Kelly Murray, CNN A jury in Aitkin County, Minnesota, on Friday found that a pharmacy did not discriminate against a woman by…
Continue Reading Kentucky flood survivors hope for another miracle as they brace for more rain
By Dianne Gallagher, Wesley Bruer and Theresa Waldrop, CNN With another flood watch in place in eastern Kentucky, people here are hoping and praying…
Continue Reading Kentucky flood survivors hope for another miracle as they brace for more rain
CNN’s Dianne Gallagher reports from eastern Kentucky, where entire towns are buried in a foot of mud and are still without running water and…
Continue Reading Police shoot and injure four men who they say opened fire at crowded NYC house party
By Zenebou Sylla and Samantha Beech, CNN New York City Police detectives shot and injured four men they say opened fire at a party in Queens, where…
Continue Reading Voting Rights By the Numbers 2022
By Toby Lyles, CNN Editorial Research The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted because of voter suppression by state governments, local governments…
Continue Reading The last Salem witch has been exonerated, thanks to an eighth-grade teacher and her students
By Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s never too late to right a historical wrong — even if that restoration of justice comes nearly 330 years…
Continue Reading A toddler was killed after a cement truck tumbled over overpass onto a vehicle in Houston
By Melissa Alonso and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A toddler was killed Friday after a cement truck tumbled over an overpass in Houston and landed on top…
Continue Reading Nebraska and Colorado are sparring over water rights. It could be the new norm as rivers dry up
By Stephanie Elam and Jason Kravarik, CNN Residents on this state line have built their industry, economy and lives around the South Platte River.…
Continue Reading Nebraska and Colorado are sparring over water rights. It could be the new norm as rivers dry up
Colorado and Nebraska are fighting over water rights to the South Platte River as a historic drought decreases…
Continue Reading California’s McKinney fire has destroyed nearly 90 homes and is only 40% contained
By Susannah Cullinane and Cheri Mossburg, CNN California’s McKinney Fire has destroyed nearly 90 houses and is only 40% contained a week after…
Continue Reading They survived a mass shooting at their California high school 30 years ago. It still affects them today
By Faith Karimi, CNN Angela Welch still recalls every detail. The stocky gunman in a camo ​vest. The gunshots, one after another. The piercing…
Continue Reading One of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers fears being slain in a Georgia state prison, court document says
By Paradise Afshar and Susannah Cullinane, CNN One of the men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery fears being killed in state prison and wants to…
Continue Reading 4 dead at multiple crime scenes in Ohio town. Police are searching for a man who is likely armed and dangerous
By Kiely Westhoff and Amya Henry, CNN Four people were fatally shot Friday at multiple sites in a small Ohio town just north of Dayton, and police…
Continue Reading Parents of transgender 3rd grader sue the state over Tennessee school bathroom law
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The parents of a third-grade transgender child in Tennessee filed a lawsuit in federal court this week, challenging a state…
Continue Reading Some of the approximately 1,000 people stranded at Death Valley National Park have left in spite of flooding
By Amanda Musa, CNN Death Valley National Park announced its closure Friday due to substantial flooding within the park, according to a news release.…
Continue Reading DNA links two men in prison to cold case from 1983 that originally sent the wrong man to prison for 37 years
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Amy Simonson, CNN Two men serving life sentences for murder in a Florida prison have been linked to two other murders with…
Continue Reading 10 people — including three children — were killed in a house fire in Pennsylvania, state police say
By Rob Frehse and Christina Maxouris, CNN Ten people — including three children — have died following a house fire in Nescopeck,…
Continue Reading 3 Muslim men in Albuquerque were murdered. Police are investigating possible ties to same killer
By Rebekah Riess, CNN Albuquerque police and the FBI are investigating three recent murders of Muslim men for “possible ties to the same…
Continue Reading Donations pour in after boy was ripped off with counterfeit bill at his lemonade stand
By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Everett Police in Washington state is hoping the public can help identify the man that stiffed an 11-year-old boy with a…
Continue Reading Juneteenth Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Juneteenth, the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865, over two and a half…
Continue Reading Bradley Cooper look-alike wanted for alleged shoplifting at Home Depot
By Jarrod Wardwell, CNN Police in Georgia are looking for a suspected shoplifter who looks like actor Bradley Cooper. The man is accused of stealing…
Continue Reading Michigan prosecutors say accused Oxford High shooter’s parents exposed him to chaotic home life
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Michigan prosecutors say the parents of accused Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley exposed him to years of “chaotic,…
Continue Reading Texas man sentenced to 25 years in prison for assaulting Asian family he blamed for the pandemic
By Josh Campbell and Andy Rose, CNN A North Texas man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for assaulting an Asian family he blamed for the…
Continue Reading How a tiny Chinatown bookstore became a hub for authentic Asian American stories
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Lucy Yu found refuge in books growing up. An only child raised by a Chinese immigrant mother in west Los Angeles, she spent a…
Continue Reading Arrest made in fatal shooting in a Las Vegas hotel room, police say
By Tina Burnside, CNN A suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting in a Las Vegas hotel room Thursday night that left one man dead and…
Continue Reading At least 4 people killed including a toddler after a fiery collision in Los Angeles that left 8 others hospitalized
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN A fiery car crash in a busy Los Angeles intersection left four people dead, including one who was pregnant and a toddler,…
Continue Reading Man who allegedly drove SUV through Native American parade in New Mexico accused of aggravated DWI
By Steve Almasy and Claudia Dominguez, CNN An SUV driver who on Thursday evening allegedly struck people along a parade route in Gallup, New Mexico,…
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